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This brief draws from data collected in the 2019 NSECE Center-based Provider Survey and Wave 1 of the NSECE COVID-19 Longitudinal Follow-up. In the NSECE, a center-based provider delivers CCEE services to children aged five and under, not yet in kindergarten, at a single location. This brief describes calendar year 2020 experiences of CCEE centers that were operating in 2019, including changes in their enrollments and their instructional staff.

This page includes copies of three national surveys conducted in 2023 by the TRLECE project team; survey respondents include: 1) state and territory child care and early education (CCEE) licensing administrators, 2) front-line CCEE licensing staff who conduct monitoring and inspections for licensed providers in each state and D.C. and 3) licensed CCEE providers (both center-based and family child care settings) in each state and D.C.

This study examines the association between licensing violations and QRIS ratings in three states.

This report describes the methodology for the TRLECE project’s three surveys regarding child care and early education (CCEE) licensing (i.e., surveys of CCEE licensing administrators, front-line licensing staff, and CCEE providers).

A case study of four state child care and early education licensing agencies’ approaches to working with license-exempt providers.

This document describes the Analysis Plan for evaluating the impacts of the Pathways for Advancing Careers and Education (PACE) project and the first round of Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG 1.0) on key outcomes nine years after random assignment into the program.

This landscape analysis presents findings on school-age child care data sources, their strengths, and gaps.

This research brief series documents the historical contexts in which the different waves of the NSECE were developed and fielded, and shares important research and methodological advances made possible by the NSECE.

This video features parents describing the many factors they consider when looking for child care and early education.

The Early Care and Education Leadership Study (ExCELS) measure administration and scoring guide provides information to support users in administering and scoring the ExCELS measure.